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Taking music off an ipod

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  • 07-11-2005 2:19pm
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    garthv
    Registered Users Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭


    I got an ipod mini there a few weeks ago and the only program I can find to remove music from it without deleting tracks one by one was iPod Updater. Only problem with iPod Updater is that it also resets all the iPod's settings which is really annoying. Any quick way of removing tracks from the iPod other than the updater?

    Ive tried ephPod but that tells me to use iPod Updater!


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    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    One crude way is to browse the ipod with VIEW ALL FILES set to on (via Folder Options). You can take music out that way, but the file titles are all screwed up tho.


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    HomunQlus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭HomunQlus


    GaRtH_V wrote:
    I got an ipod mini there a few weeks ago and the only program I can find to remove music from it without deleting tracks one by one was iPod Updater. Only problem with iPod Updater is that it also resets all the iPod's settings which is really annoying. Any quick way of removing tracks from the iPod other than the updater?

    Ive tried ephPod but that tells me to use iPod Updater!

    Here's the quick and painful truth: Once a song is on that thing, it's on. You can't get it out.

    The only thing you can do with iTunes is to clear a song from a playlist. But no the song itself.

    The only way to get off songs the iPod is by deleting it entirely with the iPod Updater, then edit your playlists in iTunes, then synchronize the iPod.

    That's also a reason why iSold mine.


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    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    You can take songs off it, you just have to use third party software. Go google.
    Don't be iRash.


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    I use ephPod to take music off the iPod (well, more accurately, copy music off the iPod). No problems. When I'm finished, it asks if I want to update iPod and I reply no.


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    spartacus93
    Registered Users Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭spartacus93


    I use PodUtil


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    fenris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭fenris


    I reccomend using a chisel, you only have to do it once!


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    #8
    Linku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 667 ✭✭✭Linku


    iPodRip is another one; OS X, Windows.


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    neacy69
    Registered Users Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    ipodUtil is a good program I use it too :D
    just google it!


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    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    this should be stickied


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    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


    Err... I connect mine to my PC, open iTunes, open the iPod's library and click delete... what's the problem...

    Maybe it's cos I have it set to use as an external drive...

    Otherwise, what am I missing here...


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    neacy69
    Registered Users Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    i think what was meant by the replies (mine anyway:confused: ) was not to specifically DELETE music from an I-Pod but take music off an I-Pod ie to be stored on harddrive or transferred to another I-Pod


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    HomunQlus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭HomunQlus


    steveland? wrote:
    Err... I connect mine to my PC, open iTunes, open the iPod's library and click delete... what's the problem...

    Maybe it's cos I have it set to use as an external drive...

    Otherwise, what am I missing here...

    It's not deleted. Only the entry in the playlist is deleted.


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    radioman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 385 ✭✭radioman


    If you uncheck the box beside a song in your iTunes library, then synch your iPod with iTunes, it will REMOVE that song from the iPod. Otherwise if the iPod was full you wouldn't be able to delete some songs to put on others!


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    Gandalf23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Gandalf23


    I spent most of the year looking for something to copy music from my iPod back to my computer. I tried lots and lots of things with limited success.

    The one bit of software that actually worked... i.e. copied ALL my music quickly and efficiently... was "iPod Agent".

    It's not free but better than anything else I've used.


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